2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA LT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT MALFUNCTIONED AND WOULD NOT BUCKLE ANY MORE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 62,000.

TIRE MONITORING SYSTEM...NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE THESE TIRES CHECKED AND AIRED, THE SYSTEM WILL NOT QUIT BLINKING. I CHECKED ONLINE AND I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON WITH THIS COMPLAINT. GM IS IN THE NEWS ABOUT HOW THEY HAVE COME BACK, WELL ON THEIR COME BACK TRAIL CAN THEY PLEASE FIX THIS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT NOTICED A CLUNKING SOUND WHEN SHE TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THAT SOMEONE WOULD CALL HER BACK WITH A RESPONSE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 15,900.

WE PURCHASED A USED 2006 CHEVY IMPALA IN 2008 WITH 21,000 MILES AND NOW WE HAVE JUST OVER 55,000. AFTER MORE USE IN DOWN HILL DRIVING ABOUT A FEW MONTHS OF OWNING THIS CAR AND USING MORE BRAKE THE STEERING WHEEL WILL WOBBLE FROM THE FRONT ROTOR(S) WARPING. I TALKED TO A CHEVY DEALER SERVICE MAN AND HE SAID THAT CHEVROLET MADE THEM OUT OF SOFTER METAL AND THAT IS NORMAL, THEY SHOULD STRAIGHTEN OUT AND WORK PROPERLY. YEA RIGHT. I SHOULD OF HAD HIM DRIVE IT DOWN HILL AT 75 MPH AND SEE IF HE CRAPS HIS PANTS. A YEAR AGO I HAD THE ROTORS RESURFACED AND THAT CURED THE PROBLEM TILL NOW 09/01/2010 AND THE PROBLEM STARTS AGAIN. I THINK THE ROTORS ARE MADE FROM SOFT METAL AND IS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT. I WOULD TAKE THAT TO THE BANK. UPON INSPECTION OF THE ROTORS THE RIGHT FRONT HAD SOME DIFFERENT COLORING FROM THE HEAT AND WARPAGE I THINK. I HAVE BEEN MY OWN MECHANIC SINCE I WAS A TEENAGER. I AM NOW IN MY 50'S AND IT SEEMS THE METAL IS TOO SOFT. NOW JUST GET CHEVROLET TO ADMIT THE ERROR AND REPLACE THEM WITH GOOD ROTORS BY THE STANDARDS OF SAFETY NOT CHEVROLETS IDEA OF A BANDAIDE. *TR

I HAVE A IMPALA LT THAT SUDDENLY STARTED LOCKING IN PARK NOT ALLOWING ME TO SHIFT TO OTHER GEARS. APPARENTLY THERE IS SOME SOLENOID THAT RUNS FROM THE SHIFTER TO THE BRAKE PEDAL WHICH RELEASED THE BUTTON ON THE STICK SHIFT. I HAVE TO TAKE IT IN YET TO CONFIRM THE PROBLEM. *TR

THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW REGULATOR BROKE CAUSING THE WINDOW TO DROP SUDDENLY IN THE DOOR. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 CHEVY IMPALA LT 3.9 WITH 55,000 MILES JUST HAD TO PUT WATER PUMP 2BY PASS HOSE AND BOTTOM HOSE BILL CAME TO AROUND $470. THIS CAR HAS BEEN BABIED EVER SINCE NEW AND WITH TOP NOTCH SERVICE PERFORMED REGULARLY. BESIDES THIS PROBLEM THE TIRE AIR SENSORS ARE ALSO A JOKE REPLACED TWO OF THEM AT AROUND $70.00 EACH. STILL DON'T WORK PROPERLY. WHILE I'M ON ROLL I SHOULD MENTION THE REMOTE START, UNLOCK, SYSTEM IS ALSO A JOKE, TOOK IT TO A DEALER TOLD THEM IT WOULD NOT WORK ANYTHING, THEY CAME BACK TO ME TWO HOURS LATER AND SAID THE MODULE IN DRIVERS DOOR WAS BAD, TWO REMOTES ,MODULE, CALIBRATION AND $917.00 AND THEY WOULD HAVE ME ON MY WAY. HA HA. TOLD THEM TO PUT IT BACK TOGETHER AND I WAS PAYING MY 80.00 FOR THE TIME SPENT AND LEAVING. AS I WAS GOING TO MY CAR THE SERVICE REP. SAID WHEN THEY PUT IT BACK TOGETHER IT BEGAN WORKING, EVERYTHING BUT TIRE PRESSURE INFO. I HAVE READ OTHER PEOPLE HAVE REMOTE PROBLEMS JUST WONDERED HOW COMMON THIS PROBLEM IS. ALSO I CANNOT BELIEVE MY WATER PUMP WENT BAD @55,000 MILES. *TR

DRIVING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY IN A RAIN STORM - THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ABRUPTLY STOPPED. DEALER INSTALLED NEW WIPER TRANSMISSION 8-23-10. I ASKED IF THIS HAPPENED VERY OFTEN. DEALER SAID AFTER I CALLED, THEY HAD ANOTHER CALL FOR THE VERY SAME THING. THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. *TR

MY 2006 CHEVY IMPALA CONTINUES TO HAVE BRAKE ROTOR PROBLEMS. I HAVE TO CHANGE THEM EVERY SIX MONTHS DUE TO OVERHEATING WHICH CAUSES DANGEROUS BRAKING TO OCCUR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SUN VISOR WOULD NOT REMAIN IN THE UPWARD POSITION AND WOULD CONTINUOUSLY FALL INTO THE DRIVER'S VIEW OF THE ROADWAY. THE SUN VISOR WOULD HANG EXTREMELY LOW. THE CONTACT STATED THE BEEN FAILURE PRESENTED ITSELF SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE SUN VISOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD FIRST NEED TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER REPLACED NOR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 82,000.